TROOPS RETURN
Fought For 21 Days
(N.Z. Press Assn.—Copyright) SAIGON, June 6.
American, _ Korean and South Vietnamese troops ended Operation Crazy Horse last night and reported killing 516 Viet Cong in 21 days of almost continuous fighting, says the Associated Press.
The running battle was fought over the rugged terrain of central Binh Dinh province, about 270 miles northeast of Saigon. United States military headquarters said 31 Viet Cong were taken prisoner and 119 suspects were seized since the operation started on May 16.
Casualties for the combined allied forces were described by a United States spokesman as light, although several individual units took moderate to heavy casualties in the early stages of the fighting.
Eshkol In Congo.— The Israli Prime Minister, Mr Levi Eshkol, has arrived in Leopoldville for the first official visit by a head of government since the Congo Army coup last November.—Leopoldville, June 6.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31079, 7 June 1966, Page 13
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